Privatization ... we're selling our souls

7:06 PM,
Aug. 28, 2013

Donard Dwyer

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Donard Dwyer
Guest Columnist

There is a strange religious fervor in current efforts of public officials to sell off public hospitals, public schools, highways, prisons and Social Security funds. Looking after the sick, the children, the elderly, and the poor is now geared toward making a profit. Jesus would weep.

The collective responsibilities we all share (public education, public health, even public defense) in a civilized society are being handed over to profiteers for a few pieces of silver. Even so-called non-profits make money or they couldn't exist - they just don't return ...